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THE Housing Minister is ‘hopeful’ that social-housing rents can be capped at up to 80% of the market rate.

FURTHER attempts to block the use of greenfield sites for housing as part of the Bridging Island Plan have been backed by a former Bailiff. Sir Philip Bailhache, leader of the Jersey Liberal Conservatives, has been lobbying Grouville parishioners and has helped bring forward a requête – an ancient legal device allowing parishioners to demand […]

INCREASING housing supply is key to lowering property prices, which climbed by an average of £1,788 a week in 2021. This statement came from the Housing Minister, who admitted that the continually increasing house prices, which were laid bare in this week’s House Price Index, could be harming young Islanders’ aspirations to own their own […]

A BID to ensure that only affordable homes are built on States-owned land has been defeated in the States, during the second week of the Bridging Island Plan debate. Senator Sam Mézec’s proposal called for changes to be made to planning policy so that affordable housing would be prioritised unless it made the development ‘unviable’. […]

TENANTS of a housing block who were handed eviction notices just before Christmas have spoken of their joy and relief after Andium stepped in to buy the site and safeguard the residents’ future. Up to 38 neighbours in Spencer Close in St Saviour received letters dated 23 December telling them that the estate was being […]

A RANGE of major capital investments and other government spending will be the subject of a Scrutiny panel review over the next two months.

ISLANDERS wishing to buy a home with financial assistance from the government will now be helped by Andium Homes rather than the Affordable Housing Gateway.